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'to-infinitive' vs 'passive to-infinitive' | English grammar: Gerund with participle meaning
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What does "once even after" mean? Thu Jun 28, 2007 11:56 am  What does "once even after" mean?
 

Hello

What does " once even after" mean?

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What does "once even after" mean? Thu Jun 28, 2007 13:03 pm  What does "once even after" mean?
 

Without the entire context, it's impossible to understand what this means. I think you've got words from two different expressions put together there. Please give us the whole sentence.
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What does "once even after" mean? Thu Jun 28, 2007 15:22 pm  What does "once even after" mean?
 

Major Summerfield was a victim of lighting three times, once even after he....
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What does "once even after" mean? Thu Jun 28, 2007 15:40 pm  What does "once even after" mean?
 

You didn't provide all the context. Please give the rest of the sentence. How can we understand what the expressions mean if you end it right before the important information starts?! Evil or Very Mad
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What does "once even after" mean? Thu Jun 28, 2007 15:45 pm  What does "once even after" mean?
 

Its a test question and after "he" there is blank
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What does "once even after" mean? Thu Jun 28, 2007 16:25 pm  What does "once even after" mean?
 

Volcano1985 wrote:
Major Summerfield was a victim of lighting three times, once even after he....
Hi Volcano

The word 'once' probably means 'one of the three times'.

The word 'even' is used for emphasis and suggests that what happened after (whatever happened) was a little hard to believe.

Maybe before he was hit by lightning the third time, he had gone to a lot of trouble to make sure he never got hit by lightning again -- but got hit anyway.
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What does "once even after" mean? Thu Jun 28, 2007 21:11 pm  What does "once even after" mean?
 

Major Summerfield was a victim of lighting three times, once even after he .........

here are the verbs

bury,cathc,die,fall,fight,fish,injure,paralyse,shatter,strike
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What does "once even after" mean? Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:20 am  What does "once even after" mean?
 

Hi Volcano

Presumably, you are supposed to make up an unbelievable story (or ending for the sentence) about how he got struck by lightning again despite the fact that he'd been struck before and should have learned how to prevent it -- OR despite the fact that he was buried up to his head in sand and even though his head was protected by a gigantic, paralyzed fish... or something like that.
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Give it a try. Cool
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What does "once even after" mean? Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:17 pm  What does "once even after" mean?
 

Major Summerfield was a victim of lighting three times, once even after he .........The first time was 1918.He ............. for the Canadian army in Flanders when he ............. by lightning and he ......... off his horse.However, he ............ (not,badly)

Major Summerfield was a keen fisherman and six years later,back in his home town of Vancouver, he ............... and he ...............(just) a huge salmon,when lightning ............ again.This time it was more serious and his legs ............

He eventually died in 1932.On the day of his funeral there was a terrible thunderstorm,and just as Major Summerfield ............., lightning hit the graveyard, and his tombstone ........... into hundreds of tiny pieces

Fill the gaps with a verb in the right correct narrative tense, active or passive

bury,cathc,die,fall,fight,fish,injure,paralyse,shatter,strike(x2)
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What does "once even after" mean? Fri Jun 29, 2007 13:01 pm  What does "once even after" mean?
 

Hi,
Well, here is my go at it:

Major Summerfield was a victim of lighting three times, once even after he died
The first time was 1918.He fought (or was fighting) for the Canadian army in Flanders
when he was struck by lightning and he fell off his horse.
However, he wasnt badly injured (not,badly)
Major Summerfield was a keen fisherman and six years later,back in his home town of Vancouver,
he was fishing and he had just caught a huge salmon,when lightning struck again.
This time it was more serious and his legs got paralized
He eventually died in 1932.On the day of his funeral there was a terrible thunderstorm,and
just as Major Summerfield was being buried, lightning hit the graveyard, and his
tombstone shattered into hundreds of tiny pieces

Maybe, our native speakers will kindly check it and correct where I'm wrong Smile
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What does "once even after" mean? Fri Jun 29, 2007 13:04 pm  What does "once even after" mean?
 

So what is the mean of " once even after" here ?
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What does "once even after" mean? Fri Jun 29, 2007 13:07 pm  What does "once even after" mean?
 

it means that once he was struck by lightning after he died. (quite an unfortunate man, isnt he?)
Please, read Amy's previous post more attentively - she explained it very well Wink
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What does "once even after" mean? Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:38 pm  What does "once even after" mean?
 

Volcano1985 wrote:
So what is the meaning of " once even after" here ?

One time (the third time, in this case) he got hit by lightning when he was dead. Hard to believe, isn't it?

Once = one of the times he was hit by lightning
even after = Surprisingly, after he died he was hit by lightning too!

lost_soul wrote:
Major Summerfield was a victim of lighting three times, once even after he died
The first time was 1918.He was fighting for the Canadian army in Flanders
when he was struck by lightning and he fell off his horse.
However, he wasnt badly injured (not,badly)
Major Summerfield was a keen fisherman and six years later,back in his home town of Vancouver,
he was fishing and he had just caught a huge salmon,when lightning struck again.
This time it was more serious and his legs were paralyzed
He eventually died in 1932.On the day of his funeral there was a terrible thunderstorm,and
just as Major Summerfield was being buried, lightning hit the graveyard, and his
tombstone shattered into hundreds of tiny pieces

Maybe, our native speakers will kindly check it and correct where I'm wrong Smile
Hi LS
Your solution looks pretty good.
My suggestions are in blue.
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What does "once even after" mean? Sat Jun 30, 2007 19:17 pm  What does "once even after" mean?
 

Hi, Amy

Thank you for your corrections Smile
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What does "once even after" mean? Sun Jul 01, 2007 18:21 pm  What does "once even after" mean?
 

Well, can we use it as "once after he even died" ?
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